96.7% Top 50% of taxpayers 86.3% Top 25% of taxpayers 70.5% Top 10% of taxpayers Source: Internal Revenue Service, 2025, (2023 data, most current IRS data available) Breaking Down the Income Tax Burden The top 1% of U.S. taxpayers (adjusted gross incomes of $682,000 or more) paid 40.4% of all federal income taxes in 2023 — totaling roughly $833 billion. Share of total federal income taxes paid, by income group (2023) 38.4% Top 1% of taxpayers 3.3% Bottom 50% of taxpayers
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